Online resources can work well, but are often filled with click-bait ads. They also tend to work well in an iPad environment or laptop, but not really in both.
Here is a resource that you may want to consider using. It's simple to work with, can be paired with many of your lesson activities, and works just as well on iPad as laptop. It is free and has no advertisements. It is called Mathigon.
Mathigon has a nice library of Activities and Courses.
The Courses component has features similar to Khan Academy, but without the audio. They are divided out by an extensive number of categories. Activities are a little more open-ended and may be applied to many different types of lessons.
The Courses component has features similar to Khan Academy, but without the audio. They are divided out by an extensive number of categories. Activities are a little more open-ended and may be applied to many different types of lessons.
Mathigon -> Activities -> Polypad:
Take a look at Mathigon Polypad at this link.
Audience: Kinder through Algebra students.
Base 10 blocks, polygons, number bars, fraction bars and more.
- Just drag and drop, and write out the problem.
- Download the screen to your Photos,
- Add student voice with Flipgrid, SeeSaw, or Clips. |  |
| Here, I used the Polypad activity with a Promethean intereactive display. It shows 4 different ways to describe a math problem. These were all done directly from the Mathigon website. This worked very well. It can be used to model the tactile nature of this manipulative for students will be completing the same activity on their iPad. |  |
Mathigon Courses:
| Navigate to www.mathigon.com on your iPad/laptop OR Download the iPad App from Self Service
Audience: 3-12 Students
-You can log in with your school Google account.
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Try it out and let me know what you think. It looks like it could be a very useful tool for you.
